Where I come from : stories from the deep South /
Bragg, Rick,
Where I come from : stories from the deep South / Rick Bragg. - First edition. - x, 237 pages ; 25 cm
"This is a Borzoi book"--title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
If it was easy, everyone would live here -- We will never see their like again -- Faux southern -- The best part of the pig -- Relations -- Haunted mansions -- Christmas in a can -- The sporting life ... and death -- Institutions.
"From the best-selling, Pulitzer prize-winning author of All Over But the Shoutin' and The Best Cook in the World, a collection of his irresistible columns from Southern Living and Garden & Gun. A collection of wide-ranging and endearingly personal columns by the celebrated author, newspaper columnist, and Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Bragg, culled from his best-loved pieces in Southern Living and Garden & Gun. From his love of Tupperware ("My Affair with Tupperware") to the decline of country music, from the legacy of Harper Lee to the metamorphosis of the pick-up truck, the best way to kill fire ants, the unbridled excess of Fat Tuesday, and why any self-respecting Southern man worth his salt should carry a good knife, Where I Come From is an ode to the stories and the history of the deep south, written with tenderness, wit, and deep affection--a book that will be treasured by fans old and new"--
9780593317785 0593317785
Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 SAN 201-3975
2020005021
Southern States--Social life and customs--Anecdotes.
Southern States--Biography--Anecdotes.
Autobiographies.
Essays.
Anecdotes.
Where I come from : stories from the deep South / Rick Bragg. - First edition. - x, 237 pages ; 25 cm
"This is a Borzoi book"--title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
If it was easy, everyone would live here -- We will never see their like again -- Faux southern -- The best part of the pig -- Relations -- Haunted mansions -- Christmas in a can -- The sporting life ... and death -- Institutions.
"From the best-selling, Pulitzer prize-winning author of All Over But the Shoutin' and The Best Cook in the World, a collection of his irresistible columns from Southern Living and Garden & Gun. A collection of wide-ranging and endearingly personal columns by the celebrated author, newspaper columnist, and Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Bragg, culled from his best-loved pieces in Southern Living and Garden & Gun. From his love of Tupperware ("My Affair with Tupperware") to the decline of country music, from the legacy of Harper Lee to the metamorphosis of the pick-up truck, the best way to kill fire ants, the unbridled excess of Fat Tuesday, and why any self-respecting Southern man worth his salt should carry a good knife, Where I Come From is an ode to the stories and the history of the deep south, written with tenderness, wit, and deep affection--a book that will be treasured by fans old and new"--
9780593317785 0593317785
Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 SAN 201-3975
2020005021
Southern States--Social life and customs--Anecdotes.
Southern States--Biography--Anecdotes.
Autobiographies.
Essays.
Anecdotes.